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Names for fairytale sisters?

So I'm rewriting Beauty and the Beast, and I need names for Beauty's two sisters, father, maybe brothers, and Beast... I'm thinking virtue-esque names (because of Beauty), but since the sisters aren't supposed to be particularly nice I'm not sure how to go about that.

The story is NOT set in modern times, future times, or otherwise significantly altered.

You are like my new favorite person. I'm going to use this list so much. I'm definitely using Drusilla, and I also pulled out Eirlys, Timanda, Vanita, and Zakira at some point. Couldn't find anything for Beast, though... mreh. Thanks a bunch!

For the sisters' virtue names, if they're unpleasant characters, the easiest way to make them meaningful is to make their names ironic. For example, Charity. Maybe she hates poor people and considers them stupid, or something, making her anything BUT charitable. Or maybe she IS charitable, but thinks her generosity toward the less fortunate gives her a right to be a terrible person otherwise. Or maybe she's neutral on the charity continuum, but she's a habitual liar, so it's a good thing their parents didn't name her Verity! They saved that for their next daughter, who really is honest, to the point where she blatantly insults others in the name of being truthful, when really she just likes getting people riled up. As long as it's not too heavy-handed, it could work.Virtue names are more commonly considered feminine, but male virtue names aren't unheard of, if you want to add brothers. I know Nameberry has a list somewhere that has a few boys' names. No idea on the father and Beast, though.Hope something sticks! Sorry my ideas aren't as awesome as that cool list. O.o I'm totally going to end up stealing some names from there myself.